The International Monetary Fund says West Africa is upbeat about a good regional economic recovery. VOA’s Ignatius Annor speaks to a top official at the I.M.F. Headquaters in Washington. A South African Whistle blower faced a lengthy and costly legal battle to get her job back instead of being honored as a corruption buster. We’ll have a report. And -- In the U.S. presidential campaign, Donald Trump defends the right of states to regulate reproductive rights while President Joe Biden says decentralized authority threatens women’s lives. We will have a report. All this and much more coming up on today’s Africa 54!